Smoke and cinder conductor for railway-trains



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W,. H. MOOR. SMOKE AND GINDBR CONDUCTOR FOR RAILWAY TRAINS.

No. 477,565. Patented June 21, 1892.

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\VILLIAM H. MOOR, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

SMOKE AND CINDER CONDUCTOR FOR RAILWAY-TRAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,565, dated June 21,1892.

Application filed October 12, 1891. Serial No. 408,506. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that Ll/VILLIAM I-I. MOOR, of Atlanta, in the countyofFulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Smoke and CinderConductors for Railway-Trains; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon,whichform a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in smoke and cinder conductorsfor railwaytrains and in means for operating same, the inventionconsistingof a conduit, means for causing a draft therein while thetrain is in motion, means for cleaning same while at rest and ofallowing an independent escape of the smoke when the locomotive is atrest or backing, the details of all of which hereinafter fullydescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of arailway-train with this invention attached, showing the location andexterior appearance of each part. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of theconnection with the boiler-front or smoke-box and the means forproviding exit for the smoke when the locomotive is stationary orbacking. Fig. 3 is a front View, looking from the right in Fig. 2. Fig.4 is a face View detail of the exhaust-fan in the conduit. Fig. 5 is asectional View thereof, the section being taken vertically andlongitudinally of the conduit. Fig. 6 is a detail of thedeflecting-rollers of the tender deflecting the fan-driving belt. Fig. 7is a detail of the compound suction-funnel. Fig. 8 is a detail of thedevice for locking the smoke-door in its closed position. Fig. 9 is adetail in vertical longitudinal section of the conduit-union.

In the figures corresponding reference characters are employed in thedesignation of like parts in all the views.

The conduit 1 is in sections about the length of a car, a union 2 ofsome approved form being employed to join the same at the ends. Saidunion should be of such form as will be easily connected anddisconnected, elastic, compressible, and flexible, as an al are mostuniversal joint is necessary at this place and as it is requisite thatvery little time be vacuum within the conduit and the muse-- quent draftor suction.

The front end of the conduit is connected with the boiler-front orsmoke-box by means of the curved funnel 4, which tapers in size from theusual size of a straight smoke-stack to the preferably-larger diameterof the conduit, which obviously is advantageous to the operation of thedevice for the reason that as the exhaust traverses this funnel theremust be no additional back-pressure caused thereby, and the suddenintermittent exhaust must be converted into a steady draft in thecarpipes, otherwise a throbbing noise will be transmitted from saidcar-pipes into each car they pass over; also, the friction of a pipe thesame size of the smoke-box opening would be deleterious to the draft.Couplings of any approved patternmay be employed in joining the conduitand said funnel and in fastening the latter to the boiler 5. A hole iscut on the front side about in the bend of the funnel directly over theopening from the smoke-box, and a cover 6 is hinged by its lower end tothe said pipe in such a position as to close practically hermeticallythe said opening in the funnel 4. A counterbalanceweight 7 should beattached to the lower end of said cover, so as to facilitate the openingof the same, said weight serving also as a lever in the constructionshown, to which the pitman 8 is connected, its other end being c011-nected to the lever 9, pivoted in a suitable position on the side of thesmoke-stack or the adjacent part. It is seen that this door opens outinto a position in front of its opening in such a manner as to shieldthe conduit from drafts of air entering the front end when thelocomotive is stationary, the objection to said draft being that smokeand steam would be thereby caused to sluggishly pass from the back endof the conduit, there to be blown in various directions and mostly enterthe back door or windows of the last car, gener= ally a sleeping-car orparlor-car, this without tending into the cab.

in any way interfering with the outlet for smoke when the locomotive isstationary. Connected to the lever 9, nearer its pivotal point than thepoint of connection of the pitman 8, is a rod 10, which extendsbackwardly over the boiler into the cab, a swivel 11 being placedtherein near the lever 9, so that the said rod 10 may be partiallyrevolved, and thus cause the lever 12, projecting sidewise from saidrod, to swing downwardly, and by pulling on the cord 13 (best shown inFig. 8) depress the back ends of the levers 14 against the springs 15,which said lovers are pivoted in lugs 16 on the side of the funnel 4 andhaving barbs 17 on their ends, engage thelugslS on the cover or door 6,and thus disarrange same and allow the opening of said door by alongitudinal movement of the said rod 10.

Extending from the steam-dome upwardly into the conduit, and thencebackwardly in the form of a nozzle, preferably, is a pipe 19, cut by avalve 20, operated by the stem 21, ex-

By turning steam into the conduit through said pipe a circulation iscaused therein which will force smoke and cinders from the conduit whenthe locomotive is stationary, besides materially assisting, if

necessary, the other exhausting agents when 25, exteriorly ot theconduit, carries and is driven by abelt 28, which passes downwardly overthe sheaves 29, carried upon an arm 30, secured to the tender, and overa pulley on the near axle of, the said tender, whereby the said fan isdriven at a proper speed. Of course this fan might be driven by othermeans; but this described means is at present thought to be preferable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a device of the class specified, a curved pipe connected at itslower end to the smokebox and at its upper end to a backwardly-extendingpipe, and an opening and door therein vertically over the opening intothe smokebox, said door acting as a cinder-deflector and to close saidopening and removable when lever 12.

3. In a device of the class specified, the conduit, an opening thereinfor exit of smoke, a door adapted to close said opening, an extension 7thereon, the pitman 8, connected thereto and to thelever 9, the lever 9,and the rod 10, all combined, arranged, and operating substantially asand for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

IVILLIAM H. M-OOR.

Witnesses:

A. P. Wool), A. A. Wool).

